![]() ![]() ![]() The legend of Jason Blood has been told a handful of times, usually with the same basic elements leading to Merlin binding his squire with the soul of a rhyming demon, Etrigan. Demon Knights #0, penned by series regular Paul Cornell with guest art from Bernard Chang ( DC Universe Presents), seems to straddle both categories, though definitively falls into the former as it moves forward throughout the issue. On the other hand, Scott Snyder’s Batman #0 is by no means integral to Bruce Wayne’s current goings-on (unless you count the eventual return of the Red Hood Gang), but it still stands as one of the best issues this month due to it’s emotional center and unorthodox look at Bruce’s life before he even concocted the ‘Batman’ persona. It focuses on the wrong aspects of the character’s origins, and generally mucks up the whole title even more than it’s been recently. It gives readers a history-filled look into Krypton’s past that unfortunately had little to do with Superboy himself. ![]() Now, just because an issue is meaningful doesn’t automatically make it good, and some of the most unnecessary titles offered have been some of the best thus far. After two weeks of reading DC’s Zero Month, I’ve come to see that there are (generally) two thematic categories these issues can fall into: meaningful and unnecessary. ![]()
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